South Africa unfazed by choker tag: AB

Power-packed South Africa go into the World Twenty20 starting in Sri Lanka on Tuesday determined not to be ridiculed any more as the perennial chokers of international cricket

“I am going to be very honest with you, and I am going to put it up straight up front — we have choked in the past and we know about it,” de Villiers told reporters in Colombo.

“We have had some really bad experiences in the past. But I emphasis the word ‘past’. We have come with a new look in this team and we have worked hard with our new management team that has given us a lot of energy and new ideas,” he added.